What to Expect for Earnings of Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, Apollo

Blackstone (BX) and Apollo (APO) are expected to report earnings per share of $ 0.20 and $ 0.21, respectively, in the March quarter. Blackstone is expected to benefit from improved hedge fund and private market performance. Its record deployment in the … Continue reading at finance.yahoo.com.58 Earnings Per Share Expected for Cardtronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATM) This Quarter

Analysts forecast that Cardtronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CATM) will report earnings per share of $ 0.58 for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks. Five analysts have issued estimates for Cardtronics' earnings, with the lowest EPS estimate coming in at $ 0 … Continue reading at financial-market-news.com

Land O'Lakes reports record earnings in 2015

Land O'Lakes on Tuesday reported record net earnings of $ 308 million, up from $ 266 million in 2014. The Arden Hills-based agriculture co-op said its balance sheet is the strongest in its 94-year history. Cash returned to members in 2015 totaled $ 161 … Continue reading at twincities.com

Papa John's Int'l, Inc. (PZZA) Earnings Report Serves Up Profits

Bob Ciura: In a shaky economy, one of the niche businesses that tends to do well is pizza. When consumers are worried about the economy, they often scale down their spending habits. That includes spending on eating out, and consumers frequently will … Continue reading at etfdailynews.com

The following Progressive Ohio (PGR – Get Report) conference call took place on March 2, 2016, 09:00 AM ET. This is a transcript of that earnings call: Welcome to The Progressive Corporation’s Investor Relations conference call. This conference is also … Continue reading at thestreet.com

Everyday Health Inc (EVDY) Trading Up 22.3% on Earnings Beat

Shares of Everyday Health Inc (NASDAQ:EVDY) traded up 22.3% during trading on Wednesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings, Analyst Ratings Net reports. The stock traded as high as $ 6.18 and last traded at $ 5.70 … Continue reading at sleekmoney.com

Earnings Reports

Aspen Aerogels Inc Forecasted to Post FY2017 Earnings of

Italian mafia earnings from drugs rival Fiat with cars

In the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, 3 tonnes of cocaine have been seized by police in the past three years. The report was comparing earnings to Fiat in Italy, not the work of the wider Fiat Chrysler group worldwide. Continue reading at reuters.com.12 Per Share (ASPN)

Earnings per Share

A lot that happens in American politics is like Earnings Week on Wall Street: It’s not how you do, it’s how you do in relation to what you were expected to do. Example: If you have a company that reports earnings per share of $ 1.15 and the Street predicted … Continue reading at townhall.com

Money Matters

"The housing bubble will burst rather than gradually deflate, following the rapid and violent pattern of decline of nearly every financial bubble throughout history," Lubaszka says. "Higher interest rates negatively impact not only the health of the housing market but other economic segments as well. The stock market takes a hit because higher rates make it more costly for companies to pay for debt. Higher rates hurt corporate profit margins and reduce stock value, bad news given the deep debt situation so many companies are in today."

Work with established companies, five years in business is good, ten even better. Don't bother with firms that badger you with telemarketing offers or apply high-pressure sales tactics. Avoid paying high commissions too. Some brokers have layers of fees, through which they earn more money then they do investing on behalf of customers. There are also companies out there that will not buy metal back. Stay away from them as well.

Performance will vary. Fund performance often falls off and risk levels rise during the subsequent three years after a fund is given an initial five-star Morningstar rating, suggests another recent study by Matthew Morey, a professor at Pace University. One reason for this is that after receiving a five-star rating the size of the fund grows dramatically, which then makes the fund unwieldy to manage, he suggests. Since Morey's study was completed, Morningstar also has changed the way it doles out top rankings to make them more precise. One of the biggest problems with all rating systems is that they are not necessarily predictive in nature. This means they're not really set up to tell you whether certain funds will necessarily do better in the future. For the most part, the ratings indicate how much you might have made and how much aggravation you faced in the process.